London's Other Workers (25 images)

When financial turmoil hit the City of London in September 2008 the media focus was on high profile job losses at Lehman Brothers and other big players. But the crisis had little impact on the hidden army of contract cleaners, security guards and maintenance staff who arrive in overalls at the offices of the big corporations as the suits depart. Mostly recruited from capital's vulnerable minority ethnic communities, chronically underpaid and with little job security, for them financial...more »

When financial turmoil hit the City of London in September 2008 the media focus was on high profile job losses at Lehman Brothers and other big players. But the crisis had little impact on the hidden army of contract cleaners, security guards and maintenance staff who arrive in overalls at the offices of the big corporations as the suits depart. Mostly recruited from capital's vulnerable minority ethnic communities, chronically underpaid and with little job security, for them financial troubles are a permanent fact of life.« less